2024-02-23 05:01:50
The UAE recently witnessed heavy rains that led to disruption of traffic and some services. In this context, video clips were spread on social media, the publishers of which claimed to be of a plane crashing and sinking in the sea as a result of volatile weather conditions.
However, the widespread video is composite, and the scenes from inside the plane show vibrations due to what appear to be air turbulence, and then the plane’s body appears sinking in the middle of the sea.
The publishers of these clips commented, saying, “Rain clouds cause a plane heading to the Emirates to crash,” noting that the accident occurred on February 16, 2024.
The publishers of these clips commented, “Rain clouds cause a plane heading to the Emirates to crash.”
The video began spreading days following heavy rains that fell in the Emirates on February 12 caused flooding of a large number of roads, disrupted some home delivery services, and prompted the need to study and work online in government departments and schools and some private companies and educational institutions.
However, the official authorities did not mention a plane crash, and similar news would occupy the forefront of local and international news sites.
Video truth
After cutting the video into still scenes and searching for them through search engines, it turns out that the video is composed of two different clips.
The clip showing disturbances on board the plane was posted on an account on the TikTok platform on February 12, 2024, accompanied by a comment, “Rain clouds cause disturbances.” The comment was accompanied by hashtags such as “#Emirates #Airline.”
However, this clip only depicts turbulence, which is normal in a volatile atmosphere.
As for the clip in which a plane is shown sinking, searching for it using the word “Tanap” appearing on the plane leads to several clips published in June 2019 on online news sites and YouTube, all of which talk regarding the sinking of an Airbus 330 at a depth of 30 meters in the Aegean Sea. With the aim of attracting marine tourism in the region.
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